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Baptornithidae
Taxonomy
Baptornithidae was named by American Ornithologists' Union (1910). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Podicipediformes by Brodkorb (1971); and to Hesperornithiformes by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Martin and Tate (1976), Martin (1984), Carroll (1988), Tokaryk (1992), Tokaryk et al. (1997), Kurochkin (2000), Rees and Lindgren (2005), Martin and Cordes-Person (2007), Bell and Chiappe (2016).
It was assigned to Podicipediformes by Brodkorb (1971); and to Hesperornithiformes by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Martin and Tate (1976), Martin (1984), Carroll (1988), Tokaryk (1992), Tokaryk et al. (1997), Kurochkin (2000), Rees and Lindgren (2005), Martin and Cordes-Person (2007), Bell and Chiappe (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Baptornithidae American Ornithologists' Union |
| 1940 | Baptornithidae Wetmore p. 4 |
| 1956 | Baptornithidae Wetmore p. 5 |
| 1960 | Baptornithidae Wetmore p. 23 |
| 1971 | Baptornithidae Brodkorb p. 39 |
| 1976 | Baptornithidae Martin and Tate, Jr. p. 37 |
| 1984 | Baptornithidae Martin p. 146 |
| 1988 | Baptornithidae Carroll |
| 1992 | Baptornithidae Tokaryk p. 1010 |
| 1997 | Baptornithidae Tokaryk et al. p. 172 |
| 2000 | Baptornithidae Kurochkin p. 546 |
| 2005 | Baptornithidae Rees and Lindgren p. 1322 |
| 2007 | Baptornithidae Martin and Cordes-Person p. 229 |
| 2016 | Baptornithidae Bell and Chiappe |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Baptornithidae American Ornithologists' Union 1910
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G. †Baptornis Marsh 1877
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†Baptornis advenus Marsh 1877
Invalid names: Parascaniornis Lambrecht 1933 [synonym], Parascaniornis stensioei Lambrecht 1933 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available